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Re: 1.4M drive in a 800K case
- Subject: Re: 1.4M drive in a 800K case
- From: mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)
- Date: 01 Jul 2001 15:33:49 GMT
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com
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Mark Cummings wrote:
>Today I repaired an 800K Apple 3.5 Drive which needed a loading motor assy.
>I stole one from a spare 1.4M HD drive from a Mac. It worked.
>
>Half way through the job, the penny dropped, and I thought why don't I just
>swap the whole mechanism instead of just the load motor assy.
>
>So why shouldn't I ?
>Will it work exactly like the 800K drive, or is there some difference with
>the R/W heads or magnetic strength ?
>Has anyone done this ?
>Are there any advantages/disadvantages ?
>
>BTW I have heard that you can use a FDHD drive on the GS smartport, but it
>will only work as an 800K drive, so that's what made me think of the
>problems using HD floppys in DD drives.